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Two Canterbury men have been arrested in Riverton this afternoon following a series of car thefts and petrol drive offs between Christchurch and Invercargill. The two offenders are alleged to have stolen a vehicle in Wigram Christchurch on 14 February. They have then been involved in a number of pet

Police continue to investigate an incident that occurred near Iona Street in Invercargill last week. Earlier this week Police appealed for information from the public and are now in a position to release further details. Between 8 and 8:30am on Monday 4 February, a 12-year-old girl was walking in th

Hi team, another track from our ongoing Sounds Of Summer series with Little Fire Music Works, the only true music shop in town. Hands up those who saw Phil Collins last week either here or in Australia? This clip is from one of his Sydney shows with son Nicholas on drums and long time side […]

Two lucky Lotto players will be feeling on top of the world after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Schofields Stationers Paper Power in Auckland and Wakatipu New World in Queenstown. Powerball was not struck this evening a

Invercargill Police are investigating an incident where a 12-year-old walking to school was approached by an unknown person. The incident occurred between 8 – 8.30am on Monday 4 February, near a park on Iona Street. The person was on foot and was described as wearing dark clothing, dark shoes and da

Around 11.30pm Friday evening a car initially parked outside BP Highway service station on Tay Street, allegedly pulled out, tried drifting around the Ythan & Tay Streets intersection, lost control, went up over the green centre plots, through the cabbage trees to face head on avoiding serious collu

The main entrance to Invercargill State Highway 1 was closed due to a house fire just off East Road this morning (Wednesday 6th February). The fire had taken hold and caused extensive damage to  the house by the time emergency services arrived. Police were on the scene sorting traffic management and

A coastal search for the two fishermen who went missing off rocks at Slope Point on Sunday afternoon continues. Police are now in a position to name the two men. They are 23-year-old Shaun Orchard and 28-year-old Hendrix Kamo, both of Southland. The families of the two men are being supported by Pol